A planet has an average distance to the sun of 3.36 AU. In two or more complete sentences, explain how to calculate the orbital period of the planet and calculate it.

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563blackghost · Answer

Well since it is told that the planet is orbiting the sun there is no constant.

You would use the following equation.

$\bf{P^{2} = a^{3}}$

P = oribital period in time
a = the distance from the object (no matter what the unit of measure is this will work)

You know your distance being `3.36AU`.

Just plug and simplify.

$\bf{P^{2} = (3.36)^{3}}$